About Mura Miniatures

My name is Jonas Svensson and the miniature hobby has been with me in one way or another since I was born. Some years ago I went back into the hobby after a long break, and it was largely though my project of creating a 28mm scale Samurai army. Now, almost 4 years later, I feel like there are some things that I've picked up and that I'd like to share.

Mura Miniatures is the next step in my fascination with building terrain. I started to collect a 6mm Samurai army and found out that there are almost no available options for Asian 6mm terrain. Scratch-building individual houses works fine for 28mm, but to get the most of the small scale I wanted a lot of houses. Which required making a bunch of models and casting them in resin. As I put pictures of my project online I got replies from other wargamers who were struggling with the same dirth of Asian terrain, and so the idea started of making a miniature company to share the results with others.

My plans for Mura Miniatures is to make the most extensive Japanese Medieval 6mm terrain range... in the world. When this lofty goal is attained, I plan to expand in two directions: more 6mm models from other regions, and Japanese models of 15mm and 28mm. Basically I will make stuff I like to build or that I want to use in my own wargames, and I love Asian architecture.

My first set of models are based on Japanese historical architecture books, contemporary paintings and my own travels from fishermen's barracks in Hokkaido to the elaborate shrines at Nikko. While I take some freedoms to make the buildings possible to build and cast, my main aim is for a historically accurate look.

Mura Miniatures is located in Lund in southern Sweden, making it possibly the only existing Swedish wargame miniature company today.

Welcome to Mura Miniatures

This is the website of Mura Miniatures, which has two main roles. First, it is my personal website where I write about what I've learned about wargaming the elegantly dressed warriors of medieval Japan. Since I am a bit of a magpie, this covers several scales and a bunch of other East Asian armies as well. Check out the Articles section for reviews and articles on collecting miniatures of the most Eastern kind. In the Tutorials section you'll find tips on painting samurai miniatures and making suitable terrain for them.

6mm japanese buildings

The second aim of this website is to explore resin casting, and make my results available to other hobbyists. I plan to do tutorials for those of you who wants the whole hobbyist experience of swearing over glue and plasticard, while those with more money and sense can pick them up in the online store as I finish them.

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2013-02-17
New Review
I uploaded a new review, this time covering the 28mm Ashigaru Missile Troop box from Wargames factory.Read more...

Did you know...

The Bushido ("Code of the warrior") was developed during the peaceful Edo period when the samurai had become mostly state administrators, writers and artists and most of them had never fought in battle.